Palliative Care, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
- 1st Edition, Volume 39-3 - June 30, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Kimberly A Curseen
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 0 2 9 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 0 3 0 - 4
In this issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest editor Dr. Kimberly A. Curseen brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Palliative Care. Top experts in the field… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest editor Dr. Kimberly A. Curseen brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Palliative Care. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as palliative care in the ambulatory geriatric; end-stage heart failure; the intersection of palliative care and primary care; public health and palliative care; advanced care planning in the geriatric population; and more.
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Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including diversity, equity, and inclusion in geriatrics: palliative care considerations; providing palliative care to LGBTQ+ older adults; palliative care for seriously ill older veterans; entheogenic medications (psychedelic, cannabis); integrative medicine for older adults; palliative care for the geriatric cancer patient; and more.
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Provides in-depth clinical reviews on palliative care in geriatric medicine, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Geriatricians
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Geriatric Palliative Care: Providing Excellent Care to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Older Adults
- Key points
- Introduction
- Nature of the problem
- Clinical relevance
- Protective factors
- Advance care planning
- Recommendations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- End-Stage/Advanced Heart Failure: Geriatric Palliative Care Considerations
- Key points
- Introduction and scope of the problem
- Considerations for palliative care
- Device management in end-stage/advanced heart failure
- Summary
- Disclosure
- Care Throughout the Journey–The Interaction Between Primary Care and Palliative Care
- Key points
- Introduction
- Primary palliative care skills
- When to refer to specialty palliative care services?
- Palliative care management of patients with high-risk opiate use
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Public Health and Palliative Care
- Key points
- Palliative care as a public health priority
- Hospice as public health prevention
- Hospice and palliative care in the United States
- Diagnosis-related disparities at end of life
- Racial disparities at the end of life
- Socioeconomic disparities at end of life
- Non-hospice palliative care
- Summary
- Disclosure
- Advance Care Planning in the Geriatrics Clinic
- Key points
- Background
- Barriers to implementation
- Strategies for successful implementation into routine clinical workflow
- Important steps in ACP
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Caring for Veterans with Serious Illness
- Key points
- Introduction
- Veteran culture
- Veteran conditions
- The Veterans Health Administration
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Psychedelics and Related Pharmacotherapies as Integrative Medicine for Older Adults in Palliative Care
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Early Palliative Care for the Geriatric Patient with Cancer
- Key points
- Background
- Care delivery considerations
- Combined assessment approach
- Opportunity for education
- Pharmacologic considerations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disclosure
- Symptom Management in the Older Adult: 2023 Update
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pain
- Fatigue
- Neurologic and psychiatric symptoms
- Respiratory symptoms
- Gastrointestinal symptoms
- Miscellaneous bothersome symptoms
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Acknowledgments
- Disclosure
- Global Geriatric Palliative Care
- Key points
- Introduction
- Present state
- A conversation with Dr Stoltenberg
- Future directions
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 39-3
- Published: June 30, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443130298
- eBook ISBN: 9780443130304
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Kimberly A Curseen
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Emory School of Medicine, Director of Emory Supportive Outpatient Supportive Care Clinic